Norton, KS
How exposed is Norton to wildfire?
Norton's 1,952 buildings earn a 51st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — modestly above the national average for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Norton at the 49th percentile, close to its 51st-percentile risk score.
Where Norton's buildings actually sit
Only 4.9% of Norton's 1,952 buildings carry Direct exposure and 41.8% carry Indirect; the remaining 53.3% are Minimal, which shifts the risk driving this page's score toward the surrounding landscape rather than any one structure.
How Norton compares
Norton ranks lower within Kansas (34th percentile statewide) than its 51st national percentile suggests alone — a calmer spot in a state where wildfire risk generally runs high. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Norton ranks 15,535 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 7,610 by building count (1 is largest). Within Kansas alone, it ranks 481 of 721 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Kansas on its state page.
Norton and the insurance market
Norton's elevated wildfire rating (51st percentile) isn't the kind of score driving the carrier pullback making news in the highest-risk Western markets — but a standard homeowners quote is still worth comparing on its own terms.
Hardening a home in Norton
Norton's 53.3% Minimal-exposure share means structure-level hardening matters less here than it would elsewhere — still worth the low-cost basics, per the home-hardening guide.
Where Norton's figures come from
Norton's 51st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. The exposure-zones guide covers what Norton's dominant minimal exposure actually means, with real examples from across the dataset.